Toleration, Identity and Difference [Hardcover]

In this collection of essays distinguished political philosophers discuss the problems of toleration which arise in multi-cultural and multi-racial society. They ask whether allegiance to the group should take priority over allegiance to the wider society.Toleration, Identity and Difference; J.Horton & S.Mendus Toleration, The Moral Will and the Justification of Liberalism; I.Hampsher-Monk Tolerance as a Virtue; G.Newey Beliefs and Identities; P.Jones Multicultural Citizenship, Identity and Conflict; A.Baumeister Group Identities, National Identities and Democratic Politics; D.Miller The Politicisation of Difference; A.Phillips Toleration and Deliberative Politics; M.Festenstein The Logic of InterCultural Evaluation; B.Parekh AcknowledgementsJOHN HORTON is Reader in Politics at the University of Keele. His book, Political Obligation was published by Macmillan in 1992. He is currently working on a book on foundationalism in political philosophy.

SUSAN MENDUS is Professor of Politics and Director of the Morrell Studies in Toleration Programme at the University of York. Her book, Toleration and the Limits of Liberalism was published by Macmillan in 1989.